Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2024, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. Before that, I have a lot more movies still to add / sort.
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24.
This version includes re-releases, but those aren’t numbered. It’s hard to imagine movies improving on Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro or Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
In addition to re-releases, this version also includes films seen in festivals which haven’t had any other UK release in 2024.
The star ratings may occasionally differ from the star rating I gave a particular film at the time of review.
Beyond the first 25 numbered titles, there may be numerous errors (missing links to reviews where I wrote one, year of release, country, and maybe more). All this will be fixed in time, but I wanted to get something online.
Finally, last year’s list is here.
Top Ten Movies (and more) 2024
Please click on titles to see reviews. (Links yet to be added.)
The numbering will mostly be added later when I’ve watched more of the outstanding 2024 titles, and they have stopped moving around. So, currently, positions in this list should be taken with a pinch of salt.
*****
My Neighbour Totoro reissue (Japan, 1988)
Seven Samurai restoration (Japan, 1954)
1. The Old Man and the Land (UK, 2023)
2. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (UK, 2024)
3. Cadejo Blanco (Guatemala, US, Mexico, 2023)
4. Next Sohee (South Korea, 2022)
The Conversation restoration (US, 1974)
Watership Down restoration (UK, 1978)
5. The Beast (France, 2023)
6. The Zone of Interest (UK, 2023)
Luminous Woman Blu-ray (Japan, 1987)
The Lavender Hill Mob restoration (UK, 1951)
Nobody Likes Me POFF / Tallinn (Czechia, Slovakia, France, 2024)
7. Civil War (US, 2024)
The Small Back Room restoration Blu-ray (UK, 1949)
9. Kidnapped (Italy, 2023)
Black Mask Blu-ray (Hong Kong, 1996)
10. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg, 2023)
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11. Perfect Days (Germany, Japan, 2023)
12. Samsara (South Korea, Spain)
I, The Song POFF / Tallinn (Bhutan, Norway, Italy, France, 2024)
Point Break restoration (US, 1991)
14. The Count of Monte Cristo (France, 2024)
15. American Fiction (US, 2023)
16. All Of Us Strangers (UK, 2023)
Alienoid: Return to the Future LKFF (South Korea, 2024)
18. Godzilla Minus One Minus Color (Japan, 2023)
The Crazy Family Blu-ray (Japan, 1984)
19. The Taste of Things (France, 2023)
20. The Holdovers (US, 2023)
The Glassworker Annecy (Pakistan, Spain, 2024)
The Island UK Premier at BFI Southbank (Romania, France, Belgium, 2021)
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21. Queer (Italy, US, 2024)
22. Blank (UK, 2023)
Mondays: See You ‘This’ Week JPF (Japan, 2022)
23. Robot Dreams (Spain, 2023)
The Tenants LKFF (South Korea, 2023)
Escape LEAFF (South Korea, 2024)
Mother’s Kingdom LKFF (South Korea, 2024)
Hoarder on the Boarder JPF (Japan, 2022)
24. the G (Canada, 2023)
25. Spy x Family Code: White (Japan, 2023)
26. Blue Giant (Japan, 2023)
27. Didi (US, 2023)
28. Io Capitano (Italy, 2023)
29. Wilding (UK, 2023)
30. My Favourite Cake (Iran, France, Sweden, Germany, 2024)
Lonely Castle in the Mirror JPF (Japan, 2022)
Diplodocus Annecy (Poland, Czechia, 2024)
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31. Snow Leopard (Tibet, 2023)
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Turkeys
1. Borderlands (US, 2024)
2. Jackdaw (UK, 2023)
3. Mean Girls (US, 2024)
4. The Fall Guy (US, 2024)
5. Poor Things (UK, 2023)
6. The Outrun (UK, 2024)
7. Reawakening (UK, 2024)
8. His Three Daughters (US, 2023)
9. Janet Planet (US, 2023)
10. Monkey Man (US, Canada, 2024)
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11. Kinds of Kindness (UK, 2023)
12. Ozi, Voice of the Forest (US, 2023)
13. Immaculate (US, 2023)
14. Noah’s Ark (Brazil, India, 2024)
15. Duchess (UK, 2023)
16. The Battle For Laikipia (US, Kenya, Greece, 2024)